Cowles

Cowles may refer to:

Surname

From the United States:

• Anna Roosevelt Cowles (Bamie) (1855–1931), sister of Theodore Roosevelt, aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt
• Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), feminist and educator, Ohio
• David Cowles (1961–), American caricaturist, cartoonist, graphic artist
  • Clayton Cowles (1987–), American comic book letterer, artist
• Edwin Weed Cowles (1794–1861), physician Connecticut, brother of Betsy Mix Cowles
  • Alfred Cowles, Sr. (1832–1889), publisher Chicago, spouse Sarah Hutchinson

• • Alfred Cowles, Jr. (1865–1929) publisher, businessman and lawyer

• • • • Alfred Cowles, 3rd (1891–1984) businessman and economist

• • William Hutchinson Cowles (1866–1920), editor Spokane

• • • • William Hutchinson Cowles, Jr. (1902–)

• • • • James Cowles, businessman, publisher
      • William Hutchinson Cowles, 3rd (1932–) Spokane

• • • • Elizabeth A. Cowles (Betsy), publisher
      • William Stacey Cowles, publisher

• • Edwin Cowles (1825–1890), publisher Cleveland, spouse Elizabeth Hutchinson

• • Alfred Hutchinson Cowles, (1858–) inventor, chemist, metallurgist
  • Eugene Hutchinson Cowles (1855–1892), inventor, metallurgist

• Fleur Cowles (b. 1910), artist
• Gardner Cowles, Sr. (1861–1946), banker, publisher and politician
  • Gardner Cowles, Jr. (Mike) (1903–1985), publisher
  • John Cowles, Sr. (1898–1983), publisher

• • John Cowles, Jr. (1929–2012), publisher and philanthropist

• • Russell Cowles, publisher, artist
• George A. Cowles, an American ranching pioneer
• Henry Chandler Cowles (1869–1939), botanist and ecological pioneer
• Louisa F. Cowles (1842–1924), educator
• Osborne Cowles, college basketball coach at the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan
• Paul Cowles, a member of the Committee of Fifty (1906)
• Raymond B. Cowles (1896-1975), South African-born American herpetologist
• Robert Cowles, politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Robert A. Cowles, surgeon at Columbia University
• William H.H. Cowles (1840–1901), U.S. politician
• Thomas C.A. Cowles, (1968–) businessman, inventor, software architect, philanthropist
• Joseph I. Cowles, (1928–) professor Univ. of Texas, founder Wu-Wei Gung-Fu, First of 5 students trained by Bruce Lee
• Jonathan D. Cowles (1964–), Art Director, Designer of Windows logo and icon
• William S. Cowles (1846–1923), admiral
• Roger E. Cowles computer engineer, founder D-NET Corporation

Place names

• Cowles, Nebraska, a village located in Webster County, Nebraska
• Cowles Mountain, a hill within the city limits of San Diego, California

Other

• Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
• Cowles Conservatory in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
• Cowles Foundation (Cowles Commission for Research in Economics)
• Cowles House (disambiguation), various places
• Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company, Lockport, New York USA and Cowles Syndicate Company, Staffordshire, England
• Cowles Syndicate, see King Features Syndicate
• Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Cowles Company, Spokane, Washington, USA